Transgender Day of Remembrance: Those We've Lost in 2013

A look back at a few of the transgender men and women who have been slain this year.

BY Advocate.com Editors

November 20 2013 7:10 AM ET

A murder victim whose body was found in a trash can in Detroit November 8 has not been identified, but both LGBT advocates and police say the victim was a transgender woman. The body was discovered by a mother and son looking for bottles and scraps in trash cans. The can was located in an alley behind a bar. Little information has been released on the nature of the victim’s injuries.